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Placement of optical sensor on wearable electronic device

US9030446B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 30, 2013
Grant dateMay 12, 2015
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/017
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a wearable device includes a body that includes a touch-sensitive display. The wearable device includes a band coupled to the body and an optical sensor placed on or in the band so that an image of an object displayed on the touch-sensitive display is viewable while the object is also viewable without the wearable device blocking a view of the object.

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